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Text Types and Purposes: Creative Writing Using Setting

September 11, 2022

Common Core State Standard: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details and well-structured event sequences. Objective Students will describe the setting for a short story they will write. 360° Learning Experience … Read more

Text Types and Purposes: Explain the Process

September 11, 2022

Common Core State Standard: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. Objective Students will document a process in writing along with explaining what … Read more

Text Types and Purposes: The Most Beautiful Scene in the World

September 11, 2022

Common Core State Standard: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.1 Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence. Objective Students will write a persuasive argument that justifies why one image of nature … Read more

Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas: Matching Dialogue to Setting

September 11, 2022

Common Core State Standard: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.6 Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and communicative tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate. Objective Students will write a dialogue by taking the roles of two characters from a short … Read more

Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: Playing “I Spy” Figurative-Language Style

September 10, 2022

Common Core State Standard: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.L.5 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. Objective Students will write figurative language and share it with classmates using a think-pair-share activity. Example 360° Learning Experience Teachers first review what … Read more

Knowledge of Language: Language-Informed Decision Making

September 10, 2022

Common Core State Standard: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.L.3 Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening. Objective Students will analyze a video … Read more